Job 15:5 - Exposition

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity . Some render, "Thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth," causing it to utter such profane speeches (Vulgate, Dillmann, Canon Cook, Revised Version); but the translation of the Authorized Version is defensible on grammatical grounds, and yields a good sense, so that no alteration is necessary . And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty ; or, the tongue of the subtle (comp. Genesis 3:1 , where the epithet assigned to the serpent is the same). Eliphaz probably means to tax Job with cloaking his real impiety under a pretence of religiousness.